Gorgeous, glowing skin is synonymous with summer — and we’re talking about the au naturel kind. It’s time to put down your makeup and step up your skin care routine to allow your best skin to shine through and luckily, there is a bevy of brightening products to help you achieve this. The key to a radiant complexion starts by keeping dead skin cells at bay via an exfoliation method of your choice. Once you’ve set in place a diligent exfoliation routine, it’s time to hydrate, brighten and plump skin with powerful ingredients like AHAs, retinoids and, our favorite, vitamin C. Lit-from-within, glowing skin right this way — no highlighter necessary.

Adrianna Barrionuevo is a south Florida native with a soft spot for Orange County, California, where she spent her college years. Adrianna comes from Lucky and worked at Too Faced Cosmetics during her OC days. She loves quoting and rewatching episodes of Breaking Bad, collecting Manolo Blahniks and reading celebrity gossip. She’s also in the running to be the #1 Beyonce fan in the office. (She’s winning.)